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Black and white photography tip: set your camera to monochrome

Black and white photography tip: set your camera to monochrome

| Nando Harmsen | 9,144 views | 4 comments

In black and white, it is often necessary to work a lot with contrast, with light and dark. This means you also need to think in black and white when taking a photo, because colour only distracts you and can lead you astray. Setting your camera to monochrome can help.

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Black and white is not a solution for a failed colour photo

Black and white is not a solution for a failed colour photo

| Nando Harmsen | 4,737 views | 4 comments

I regularly see less successful colour photos being converted to black and white. But black and white is not a solution. It is much more than that. You cannot save a failed photo by presenting it in black and white.

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Colour as a solution for a bad black-and-white photo

Colour as a solution for a bad black-and-white photo

| Nando Harmsen | 3,734 views | 9 comments

A bad or uninteresting colour photo is often converted to black and white. That is supposedly artistic. Unfortunately, it cannot repair a flawed photo. If you want to improve a bad or uninteresting photo, you can actually add colour instead. I explain why I think this.

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Sometimes a black-and-white photo needs to be grey

Sometimes a black-and-white photo needs to be grey

| Nando Harmsen | 3,529 views | 0 comments

I love plenty of contrast in a black-and-white photo. True black, true white, and a nice distribution of grey tones. Sometimes, however, that is wrong, and a photo should show nothing but grey. No black, no white, and absolutely no contrast.

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Black and white photography tip: Capturing a character portrait

Black and white photography tip: Capturing a character portrait

| Elja Trum | 3,324 views | 2 comments

Black and white photography is ideal for capturing a character portrait. A character portrait is a portrait of someone whose personality leaps off the screen.

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The search for a digital version of Agfa Record Rapid photographic paper

The search for a digital version of Agfa Record Rapid photographic paper

| Anno Huidekoper | 3,225 views | 3 comments

Agfa Record Rapid photographic paper was loved by many black-and-white photographers in the darkroom days. Can it be matched digitally? A short account of my search for something like the holy grail.

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Create a washed-out look in a black-and-white photo

Create a washed-out look in a black-and-white photo

| Nando Harmsen | 3,192 views | 5 comments

You have probably seen a black-and-white photo with a washed-out look. The darkest black is not black but dark grey, and white is light grey. This effect is very easy to create, but make sure you do not lose the contrast.

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Black and white photography tip: Adding noise to your photo

Black and white photography tip: Adding noise to your photo

| Elja Trum | 3,155 views | 0 comments

As a photographer, you generally try to avoid noise as much as possible. These days, cameras are so good that you hardly notice it, unless you set the sensitivity really high.

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